Obituaries
Jeanette L. Gerlach
Jan 11, 2023
Jeanette (Jean) Luhnow Gerlach, 95, passed away January 11, 2023.
Jean was preceded in death by her husband George M. Gerlach, her parents Ray B. Luhnow Sr. and mother Jeanette McVey Luhnow and her brother, Raymond B. Luhnow Jr.
Jean was born January 8, 1928 in Kansas City, MO. She attended Southwest High School in Kansas City and went...
Betty Lorene Kimball
Jan 10, 2023
Betty Lorene Kimball (Dollard) was born September 16, 1928, in her Claremore, Oklahoma home. While her mom and dad always called her “Lorene”, she was “Ene” to her four younger siblings and extended family. On January 10, 2023, Betty peacefully left her earthly body exactly eight weeks after George, her husband of 76 years.
She was a homemaker and...
Karla Jean Hite
Jan 10, 2023
Karla Hite 56 was of Lone Jack. Mo passed away January 10th. 2023 in her home. Karla was born August 3rd, 1966 in Kansas City, Mo. The first of 2 daughters born to Connie and Gary Smith of Harrisonville. Mo.
She was a graduate of Lee's Summit High School. She worked for toppsy's, Westlake, PBN Medical, and lastly OOIDA...
Louise Audrey Voth
Jan 9, 2023
Louise Audrey Voth, 98, of Overland Park, Kansas, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2023.
Born in Olsburg, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Harriet Wells. She was a graduate of Kansas State University, majoring in Home Economics. She was a member of Kappa Delta Sorority.
On graduation, she moved to Kansas City where she...
Bryan Erland Engelman
Jan 8, 2023
At the age of 52 and following an incredibly brave battle with Leukemia, Bryan Erland Engelman went home to heaven on January 8th, 2023.
Bryan led a life filled with passion and determination. He was faith-filled. He loved his family. He built a successful business focused on bringing communities and families together. He dedicated much effort in years past...
Shue Lang Chaio
Jan 7, 2023
On Saturday, January 7th, 2023 Shue Lang Chaio, a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family. Shue Lang was 95. Shue Lang was born in Yangzhou, China and immigrated to the United States in 1980 to be with her growing family.
Shue Lang prided herself in being the best grandmother to...
Larry John Pitcher
Jan 7, 2023
Larry John Pitcher, 76, went to sleep on January 7, 2023, to await Christ’s return. Larry was born Friday, September 13, 1946, in Chicago Illinois. His parents were John and Helen Pitcher. He was proceeded in death by his two sister Lorraine Newer and Charlotte Curtis.
He will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 55 years, Leilani (Charlton)...
Jack Vincent Irish
Jan 7, 2023
Jack Vincent Irish of Leawood, Kansas passed away on Saturday, January 7th, 2023 after a short illness with pneumonia.
Jack was born on November 1, 1922 at Saint Vincent Hospital in Kansas City, MO to Fred & Zillah Irish. He attended Overland Park Grade School as well as Shawnee Mission Rural & Rosedale High Schools graduating in 1940.
In...
Bruce E. Eller
Jan 5, 2023
Bruce Edward Eller, of Gardner, Kansas, passed away at his residence on January 5, 2023.
He was born November 2, 1961, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Edward and Betty Jean (Griffin) Dotson. He spent his childhood in Raytown, Missouri, before moving to Johnson County, Kansas for the remainder of his life.
Bruce attended Shawnee Mission Northwest, graduating in...
Charleen Dunn Fifield
Jan 5, 2023
Charleen Dunn Fifield, 90, Rochester, Minnesota, went home to be with Jesus surrounded by family on January 5, 2023.She lived in the Kansas City area for the majority of her life until moving to Minnesota in 2012. Char graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City, MO and attended Texas State College for Women for one year before transferring...
Billie J. King
Jan 5, 2023
Billie Janét King, 89, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2023 with her only daughter by her side. Billie was the youngest of three girls born to Walter Asbury and Ettie Pearl Kern in Cooper, Texas. In 1952, Billie graduated from Sunset High School in Dallas, TX and met her future husband, Billy Joe King. On Nov. 17, 1953, Bill...
John Donald White, Jr.
Jan 5, 2023
John, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 5, 2023 in Kansas City. John was born to John (Sr) and Josephine (Carlson) White at home in Washington, KS joining his sisters, Clara (White) Heilman, JoAnn (White) Beeson, and Fay (White) Kurz. He was baptized and confirmed in 1954 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Manhattan,...
Larry Gyulafia
Jan 3, 2023
Lorant (Larry) Arzen Gyulafia of Cincinnati, OH passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on January 3, 2023.
Larry was born on March 22, 1945, to Gyula and Gizella Gyulafia in Sümeg, Hungary, the second of six children. His family left Hungary following the Hungarian Revolution and spent three years in Austria before immigrating to the U.S. They established...
Glenn H. Brown
Jan 1, 2023
Glenn H. Brown passed Monday, January 1, 2023-due to natural causes.
He died peacefully at Town Village of Leawood. Burial will be at Johnson County Memorial Gardens where he will finally join the love of his life, Marie once again being side by side.
He was born to Ollie Brown in Friend, Nebraska as an only child on 2/25/1927. At...
Deborah Ferguson
Dec 27, 2022
Our beloved Deborah “Debby” Jeanne Ferguson passed away on December 27, 2022 of pancreatic cancer. She was 75.Debby was born in Haysville, KS on November 14, 1947 to James and Marie Allred. She grew up on her family’s farm and enjoyed spending her time surrounded by her cherished farm animals. She fondly remembered many family gatherings surrounded by her...
Nancy Kay Gabriel
Dec 27, 2022
Nancy Kay Gabriel, 85, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, December 27, 2022 after a long illness. She was born on August 17, 1937 in Fremont, Nebraska to Harold Henry Nigh and Lillian Martha (Junge) Nigh. Following the death of Nancy’s father when she was two years old, her mother married Sam Clark Ezell. Nancy’s childhood and...
Maudie Mae Bell
Dec 25, 2022
Maudie Mae Tice was born at the family home in Hartley, Arkansas to George Daniel and Lucienda Gentry Tice. She was the youngest of the Tice siblings: George Henry, Lester, Edward, Marietta and Dorothy. Her twin sister, Nellie, died at birth. Maudie was raised by her grandparents in Watson, Oklahoma after the death of her mother when she was...
Steven Daniel Holke
Dec 25, 2022
Steven Daniel Holke, age 80, of Springfield, Missouri passed away Sunday, December 25th, 2022. Steve was born February 26, 1942, to Norman and Helena (Pestinger) Holke in Salina, Kansas. He attended Sacred Heart school K-12th grade and played basketball. He earned degrees in accounting and finance from Kansas State University. It was there that he met Mary E. Carson....
Francis Lee Sullivan
Dec 25, 2022
Frank, (Francis Lee Sullivan) was born June 19,1935 to Lona Lee and Francis William (Frank or Sully) Sullivan, at Sisters Hospital in St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri.
He attended Christian Brothers High School in St. Joseph. Frank passed away on December 25,2022 in Overland Park, Kansas. The love of his life was the late Connie (Connie Cianciolo) also from...
Kermit Eugene "Gene" Hardinger
Dec 24, 2022
Gene Hardinger died peacefully in his sleep at his Stilwell KS home Christmas Eve. He is now with the Lord he loved and served.
Kermit Eugene “Gene” Hardinger was born in Kansas City, KS, the only child of Kermit Waldo Hardinger and Marjorie Davis Hardinger. After the death of his mother due to illness, he was raised by his maternal...
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